You Can Survive And Live A Useful Life

Edward R. Rogaishio, Author, Fine Artist, Deputy Fire Chief (Retired) To all who suffer daily under the burdens of illnesses that fill the world my deepest wish is that this story gives them renewed determination and strength to endure and fight on and that those within whom hope is failing or nearly lost that each day may be at least a tiny bit better than the last so that hope for complete relief becomes a bit stronger every day. -Edward "Edward R. Rogaishio is, at once, a classic townie and a local version of a Renaissance man."” -Chris Bergeron/Reporter/DAILY NEWS STAFF "Quite impressive!" "Maybe writing this memoir can be an inspiration for future heart surgery patients." -Kamal R. Khabbaz, M.D., Cardiac Surgeon, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center You're wondering how you could possibly have survived … having endured so many life threatening medical episodes." "Instead of inviting pity you share your experiences with clarity and humor in hopes of making others less fearful. To that I say, bravo!" -Linda J. Dixon, Secretary of the Corporation (retired) Tufts University "I am sure many people will … gain immensely from your reflection and philosophizing." "You have made a terrific contribution to the local culture and history." -Magruder Craig Donaldson, M.D., Vascular & Endovascular Surgery Six Additional plus Full Commentaries inside……

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A special 25th anniversary edition of the beloved book that has changed millions of lives with the story of an unforgettable friendship, the timeless wisdom of older generations, and healing lessons on loss and grief—featuring a new afterword by the author “A wonderful book, a story of the heart told by a writer with soul.”—Los Angeles Times “The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in.” Maybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher, or a colleague. Someone older, patient and wise, who understood you when you were young and searching, helped you see the world as a more profound place, gave you sound advice to help you make your way through it. For Mitch Albom, that person was his college professor Morrie Schwartz. Maybe, like Mitch, you lost track of this mentor as you made your way, and the insights faded, and the world seemed colder. Wouldn’t you like to see that person again, ask the bigger questions that still haunt you, receive wisdom for your busy life today the way you once did when you were younger? Mitch Albom had that second chance. He rediscovered Morrie in the last months of the older man’s life. Knowing he was dying, Morrie visited with Mitch in his study every Tuesday, just as they used to back in college. Their rekindled relationship turned into one final “class”: lessons in how to live. “The truth is, Mitch,” he said, “once you learn how to die, you learn how to live.” Tuesdays with Morrie is a magical chronicle of their time together, through which Mitch shares Morrie’s lasting gift with the world.

What is the difference between having empathy and being an empath? “Having empathy means our heart goes out to another person in joy or pain,” says Dr. Judith Orloff “But for empaths it goes much farther We actually feel others’ emotions, energy, and physical symptoms in our own bodies, without the usual defenses that most people have.” With The Empath’s Survival Guide, Dr. Orloff offers an invaluable resource to help sensitive people develop healthy coping mechanisms in our high-stimulus world—while fully embracing the empath’s gifts of intuition, creativity, and spiritual connection. In this practical and empowering book for empaths and their loved ones, Dr. Orloff begins with self-assessment exercises to help you understand your empathic nature, then offers potent strategies for protecting yourself from overwhelm and replenishing your vital energy For any sensitive person who’s been told to “grow a thick skin,” here is your lifelong guide for staying fully open while building resilience, exploring your gifts of deep perception, raising empathic children, and feeling welcomed and valued by a world that desperately needs what you have to offer.

Exploring the relationship between the role of education and Indigenous survival, Digital Storytelling in Indigenous Education is an ethnographic exploration of how digital storytelling can be part of a broader project of decolonization of individuals, their families, and communities. By recounting how a remote Indigenous (Métis) community were able to collectively imagine, plan and produce numerous unique digital stories representing counter-narratives to the dominant version of Canadian history, Poitras Pratt provides frameworks, approaches and strategies for the use of digital media and arts for the purpose of cultural memory, community empowerment, and mobilization. The volume provides a valuable example of how a community-based educational project can create and restore intergenerational exchanges through modern media, and covers topics such as: Introducing the Métis and their community; decolonizing education through a Métis approach to research; the ethnographic journey; and translating the work of decolonizing to education. Digital Storytelling in Indigenous Education is the perfect resource for researchers, academics, and postgraduate students in the fields of Indigenous education, comparative education, and technology education, or those looking to explore the role of modern media in facilitating healing and decolonization in a marginalized community. .

Weaving the personal in with the professional the author approaches clinical depression from many angles. He is someone who has very much lived it from both sides of the therapy room, having worked with thousands of patients in the course of his career, and struggled with his own problems intermittently for over 25 years. He has appreciation of both the psychological and psychiatric approaches to depression. The result is a comprehensive, concise and holistic self-help resource which recognises the huge difficulties in combating this most awful of afflictions. At the same time this is a book full of hope and practical solutions, very much promoting the message that this illness can be survived and managed going forward. From helpful medication to a nutritionally therapeutic diet, from dealing with your negative thinking to engaging in non-threatening helpful behaviours, this book will change your mindset on depression and set you firmly on the path to recovery.

How to manage money is probably something you need to learn from your parents, the same way they taught you proper manners. Unfortunately, it is often in those early days of one’s upbringing that things start going wrong. Parents want to give their children nothing but the best and will go to extremes to give their children what they ask, even if they know this is a waste of money. Having money often turns into a matter of competition. If I have more money than you, then I am in a much better position than you. In fact, I may even be a much better person. The idea that money makes you a quality person is as totally wrong as it is common; the amount of money in your purse or your bank balance definitely does not determine your integrity or character.

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